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A 48 page hardcover volume for Image Comics next year, Rocketbots is part of a recent drive to push comic book creators and their work into the young

A Springfield Comic Con? No, really... it's happenng this weekend. The world's greatest detective Steve Bissette is trying to track down who pencilled the

For the last few years, Chris Allo was Marvel's Editorial Talent Co-Ordinator. I understand that, for unknown (to me, at least) reasons, he is suddenly no

That's the thing about Red Sonja. Even when it's freezing cold, and she needs a heavy coat, she's unafraid to flash some skin. She reminds me of those old

Follow me here. Marvel publishing makes millions. Marvel films and related licensing can, over time, make billions. Marvel films' success are based, in

This is the making of Nero, the antagonist from the recent Star Trek movie. Much was made at the time over how two dimensional the character felt, and

Paul Levitz was the great defender of the comic shop and the direct market, a system that allowed individual creators to bring ideas to a mass audience

Orson Welles makes for a great comic book character. And I don't just mean as the voice of Unicron. In this final issue of a quite astonishing superhero

The Keyboard Is My FuckMonkey: Halfway through writing a novel is exactly the wrong time to start reading one. Primates are notoriously easy to distract,

Today is new comic day! Yesterday's exclusive Bleeding Cool scoop that Paul Levitz was stepping down as President/Publisher was reported on everywhere,

Nomad is a substitute character. Intially the identity Steve Rogers took in an abscence from the Captain America identity, when he got annoyed at the US

Ambush Bug is a satirical character in the DC Universe, honed to perfection by Keith Giffen. I followed his tales with glee in the eighties and the

It's been hard to see the protagonist of Kick Ass, Dave Lizewski, as that much of a hero. More of someone in the Nixon model of congitive dissonance,

As of last night, I understand that Paul Levitz is telling people he intends to step down as Publisher and President of DC Comics within days. Working at

This week, the US will join the UK in enjoying Thursday shipping of comics, thanks to Labor Day (a holiday in which people don't work... isn't this like

I used to start writing Christmas ads for various companies around about April. That's the kind of lead many clients needed. You want a Christmas book at

Aleksander Zograf, Bryan Talbot, Pat Mills, Warren Pleece, Dan Goldman and Dylan Horrocks are a few of the international comics creators contributing to

015 The artificial muscles in the severed robot head of Jack Kirby start shifting around.  For a moment there, he looks like the piercing-eyed Superman of

As part of their Female Force line of comic biographies, which recently swerved from political figures such Hillary Clinton to Oprah Winfrey, Twilight

Congratulations to Jim Lee and Carla Michelle... will the mini-comic book wedding programme become a major collectable? Sadly the man himself has nothing

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported that Diane Nelson had taken over Alan Horn's duties at Warner Bros to oversee DC Comics. And since no one's actually

CLE: Hi, this is Cheryl Lynn Eaton, your Bleeding Cool operative and I'm here with Laura Martin. Laura, how's your DragonCon going so far? LM: It's going

Episode Two: Jimmy Palmiotti. CLE: Hi! This is Cheryl Lynn Eaton, your Bleeding Cool operative, and I'm here with Jimmy Palmiotti. And Jimmy, how's your

When Rich asked me to write this column, I told him (with the greatest of affection, of course) that we should leave the crazy, tattooed girls to Warren

One of the best things about DragonCon is the pop culture festival's Artist Alley! Our Bleeding Cool operative took a moment or two to visit Artist Alley

Bluewater Productions is a comic company best known today for publishing political biographical comics, initially based on IDW's election comics, with the

Okay, so the comic hasn't exactly been coming out to schedule. But Mark Millar and Tony Harris' Image comic about super-powered soldiers fighting in the

Last month, Brendon Connelly of /film and occasionally Bleeding Cool wrote; While there’s no official announcement of US distribution for Terry Gilliam’s

Steve Bissette helps launch the Vermont Monster Guide he illustrated - with pictures of the event at the Centre Of Cartoon Studies here. The next events

I know we already ran a Noel Clarke story this morning, but this poster suddenly makes me want to do another. Reign of Death is a sci-fi pulp noir